Project Rhythm

💖 Support the Developer

Building and maintaining Rhythm is a massive labor of love, provided completely free and open-source. If you love using this app, please consider supporting development!

✨ Why Choose Rhythm?

Rhythm is a modern, open-source music player built with Material 3 Expressive design. It delivers professional-grade audio with High-Resolution playback, EAC3-JOC/Dolby Atmos via FFmpeg, and completely respects your privacy.

| 🎨 Design & UI | 🎵 Audio Engine | | :--- | :--- | | Material You: Dynamic theming with wallpaper colors (Android 12+). | Pro Audio: Media3 ExoPlayer with gapless playback & High-Res mode. | | Expressive UI: Refined adaptive shapes and Material 3 design. | 10-Band EQ: Professional equalizer with 6032+ AutoEQ device presets. | | Tablet UI: Optimized multi-pane layout for tablets. | Replay Gain: Track/album loudness normalization. | | Material Symbols: Crisp, scalable variable-weight icons. | Crossfade: Smooth transitions with adjustable duration. |

| 🎤 Features & Tools | 🔒 Privacy & Data | | :--- | :--- | | Synced Lyrics: LRCLib integration with word-by-word highlighting + full-screen view. | 100% FOSS: Completely open-source with zero tracking. | | Smart Library: A–Z scroll bar, multi-select batch operations. | Offline Capable: Designed to work flawlessly without the internet. | | Rhythm Stats 2.0: Comprehensive stats with Overview, Songs, Albums, Artists, History. | Local First: Your data and habits stay securely on your device. | | Streaming Mode: Dual-mode architecture for local and server playback (Subsonic, Navidrome, Jellyfin). | | | Rhythm Guard: Integrated hearing safety and volume protection. | | | Rhythm Go: Download streaming tracks for offline playback. | | | Home Screen Widgets: Multiple layouts including a dedicated Lyrics widget. | |

System Requirements: Android 8.0+ (API 26) • 2GB RAM • 50MB Storage

📱 Screenshots

🏠 Smart Home	▶️ Beautiful Player	🎤 Synced Lyrics	📚 Rich Library
📋 Smart Queue	🔍 Instant Search	⚙️ Deep Settings	🎤 Artist Pages

Tablet

▶️ Now Playing	📚 Library	🎤 Synced Lyrics	💿 Album Detail
🔍 Search	📊 Playback Stats	⚙️ Settings	ℹ️ About

📥 Download & Install

Choose your preferred platform to download the latest version of Rhythm:

💡 Note: F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, and GitHub releases include all features, including Deezer & YouTube Music artwork, LRCLib lyrics, and YouTube Music artwork. See Build Variants or the Wiki Build Instructions for details. Need help? Check out the Installation Guide.

🛠 Technology Stack

Built with modern tools and clean architecture:

• UI & Design: Jetpack Compose, Material 3, Glance Widgets, Coil, AndroidX Palette.
• Audio Engine: Media3 ExoPlayer, FFmpeg Decoder, JAudioTagger.
• Architecture: MVVM + Clean Architecture, 100% Kotlin, Kotlin Coroutines + Flow.
• Data & Network: Room + SQLite, Retrofit, OkHttp, Gson.
• Build & Management: AGP, Kotlin, WorkManager, LeakCanary.

🌍 Translations

Rhythm is translated into 26+ languages by the community via Weblate. You don't need to write code to contribute — just visit the link below and start translating!

| Language | Status | | :--- | :--- | | 🇬🇧 English | Source (always 100%) | | 🌐 26+ others | View all on Weblate |

How to help translate:

• Go to hosted.weblate.org/engage/rhythm/
• Register a free account
• Pick your language and start translating

⚠️ Please do not submit PRs that edit values-*/strings.xml files directly — translations are managed exclusively through Weblate, which syncs back automatically.

🤝 Contributing & Community

We welcome contributions! See our CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

• 🐛 Found a bug? Open an issue
• 💡 Have an idea? Request a feature
• 💬 Want to chat? Join Discord, Telegram or GitHub Discussions
• 📖 Need help? Read the Wiki
• 🌍 Want to translate? Translate on Weblate

🏆 Credits

Lead Developer & Architect: Anjishnu Nandi

Huge Thanks To:

• Izzy - IzzyOnDroid repository management
• linsui & Licaon_Kter - F-Droid repository management
• theovilardo - Guide & PixelPlayer's Lead Dev
• Nick - Guide & Gramophone's Maintainer
• Christian - Guide & Booming Music's Lead Dev
• Alex - Lyrically API's Lead Dev
• vivi - Guide & Lead Developer of Vivi Music
• The Google Material Design Team, AOSP, JetBrains, and the fantastic Open Source Community.